"THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1933, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
SUCCUMBS AT AGE 89
ASBURY C. GRIFFIN
UNION VETERAN DIES IN MOLINE
ASBURY C. GRIFFIN, 89 YEARS OLD, SUCCUMBS IN HIS HOME IN SOUTH MOLINE.
Asbury C. Griffin, 89 years old, a life long resident of South MolineTownship, died of apoplexy and infirmities of age yesterday afternoonin his home on Forty-first street in South Moline township. He was aCivil war veteran, having served company F of the 69th Illinoisinfantry.
Mr. Griffin was born in South Moline, Aug. 25, 1843. He married SarahSmith in Moline Dec. 24, 1868. Mr. Griffin had been a coal miner for45 years. During part of the time, he operated a truck farm(vegetable market) in the summer. He retired from farming two yearsago.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Effie Park of Moline, Mrs. BlancheFerry and Mrs. Goldie Beckstrom, both of South Moline, and Mrs. GraceKappe of San Jose, Calif.; four sons, Joseph F. Griffin and Milton A.Griffin of South Moline, Asbury F. Griffin of Viola, ILL., and Bert E.Griffin of Peoria; 39 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren and asister, Mrs. Sarah Jane Hunter of Moline. Two daughters preceded himin death.
Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in BowlesburgChapel. Rev. Walter A. Tillberg, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church,Moline will officiate. Burial will be in Bowlesburg Cemetery. Thebody will be taken from Knox Funeral Home, Moline, to the chapel intime for services Friday."
Please Note: Marriage date may be a miss print in this article.Actual marriage date is known to be: 24 December 1868 by the family. [Transcribed 21 October 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]